Well, my outline for my NaNoWriMo book is almost twenty pages long, and the characters are yelling that they want to get out of the cheapo outline and into an actual story. I’ve reached the point where I feel like I’ve outlined as much as I can; if I do any more, the story and [...]
Archive for October, 2009
NaNoWriMo Starts Tomorrow!
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Elevator Pitch
Posted in Writing, tagged The Pitch on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The problem with writing a novel is that when you mention what you’re doing, people always want to know what it’s about. I ran into this not long ago when I was working on the first couple chapters of a sci-fi novel. I distinctly remember my first attempt to describe it to someone: “It sounds [...]
Rejection Part II: Why it Pays to Write Thank You Notes
Posted in Writing, tagged Publication, Rejection on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So after I got my Very First Rejection LetterTM, which was really just a short e-mail, I decided to send a quick thank you note, to say thanks for considering my story. I also added that I’d submit again if I wrote something in the future more appropriate for their magazine. I’m glad I did, [...]
My First Rejection Letter!
Posted in Writing, tagged Publication, Rejection on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I hit a major milestone in my writing career today: I got my first rejection letter from a professional publication. Last month I mentioned in a post that I’ve written four short stories that I think are at or near a publishable level. Well, over the past couple weeks I finally submitted three of them [...]
Refocusing on NaNoWriMo
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo on October 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This evening my Writer’s Group had our first meetup in preparation for National Novel Writing Month, which starts on November 1st. One of the guys, Jon Batson, successfully did it last year, so it’s nice to see that it’s not impossible… and truth be told, I’m raring to go. Because we’re not actually supposed to [...]
More Australia Photos
Posted in Travel, tagged Australia, Photos on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I uploaded another batch of pictures to Flickr (link) and upgraded my account, first so that could I upload more, and second so that people could actually access the larger versions (2816×2112 makes the scenic vistas look quite nice, if I do say so myself). Hope you like ‘em!
Australia Day *error*- Back Home
Posted in Travel, tagged Australia, Jet Lag, Storytelling on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’ve been back home from Australia for a week now. The jet lag from the return trip wasn’t too bad; the worst side effect of coming back is that every morning, my alarm clock goes off at 7 am and I can’t get back to sleep, because I have to drive to this place [...]
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